Passover is approaching and this recipe is a perfect snack or dessert for the Days of Unleavened Bread or at anytime of year. I adapted this recipe from Marcy Goldman's Cookbook "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking" . It is simple, delicious and versatile.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 1 or 2 cookie sheets with foil and cover with baking parchment or just spray pan with Pam over foil and wipe with napkin. Line sheet with matzohs evenly cutting extra to fit any spaces. Cook butter and sugar until boiling in saucepan. Boil for about 2 minutes constantly stirring. Remove from heat and pour evenly and completely over matzoh. Bake for 15 minutes. Every 5 minutes check to make sure it's not burning (if so, take out of oven and reduce temperature to 325 and replace). Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chopped chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes then spread the chocolate over the matzoh while still warm.

Variations:You can just use white chocolate, chopped or slivered almonds, or omit the chocolate and leave just the butter crunch.

mixed white and bittersweet chocolate spread over matzoh crunch

While it is still warm, cut or break into squares or odd shapes. Chill in freezer (still in the pan) until set. Eat right away or keep refrigerated. These are D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!! Enjoy!!

I always wanted to learn how to make jam without all the fuss of buying a canning pot and all the other materials associated with canning and then cooking the fruit etc. Although it is very necessary to do this for most canning jobs, I wanted something simple, quick and can easily be passed along to those who want to make homemade jam without all the expense and hassle. My good friend Pat showed me how easy it was to make homemade freezer jam. It was so easy to do that I went crazy with it making raspberry, strawberry and even watermelon jelly. It was very good! I'm going to show you how easy it is to make strawberry freezer jam!

How to sterilize:First, wash jars thoroughly in hot soapy water and rinse. Next, get a big clean pot and place jars upside down with lids in pot. Place fresh water in pot (filling it to cover the lip of the the jars) and bring to boil. Let boil about 3 minutes. Be careful in taking jars and lids from pot as they are extremely hot! Use tongs or clean oven mit to remove jars. Then drain water from pot and then remove lids. Let cool.

What to do:Crush fruit with masher in big bowl to the consistency you like. Place fruit pectin and sugar in another big bowl and stir. Add crushed fruit to pectin and stir for 3 minutes. Ladle jam into clean jars. Cover and let stand 30 minutes. Place into freezer (can last up to a year), or in refrigerator (last about 2-3 weeks), or start eating right away!! Enjoy!!

NOTE* Instructions on how to make freezer jam can also be found on the back of the fruit pectin package. Just follow the instructions.

Instant fruit pectin

Wasn't that easy??? Now Enjoy!!

Spring is in the air and I wanted to make a dress for my little girl. She loves dresses so much that if she is wearing jeans and a t-shirt, she will put a dress over it. I fought with her all through the winter because the sleeveless dresses she wanted to wear was not beneficial for the weather. Now, as it is warming up, she can wear as many dresses as she likes and I would have no complaints! She absolutely adores this dress and loves to play with the little flower. This dress is made with caron simply soft yarn in off white, watermelon, purple mist and worsted knit yarn in dusty rose. The skirt part of the dress is made with the caron yarn in watermelon. The flower is in off white and dusty rose.

little girl's sleeveless dress

The endresult of this dress was one happy little girl!

This cake is very simple and moist. It is not made from a box like many rum cakes but tastes just as good or even BETTER!! I must admit, this cake is NOT for children! Try the recipe and you be the judge.

I hadn't crocheted a scarf for my teenage daughter for the winter and spring is fast approaching. So, I made this very versatile cowl for her. It is made with caron simply soft yarn in berry blue. She loves it and I am happy. Spring is in the air and it's time to get cracking with crocheting little dresses and sleeveless tops. I will definitely share them with you as soon as they are done, so keep a look out for my posts.

This should be my final post for some of the older crochet projects I have completed. There are numerous others but no photos. The photos are quite old so please forgive me for that. The items featured are two bags made with homespun variegated yarn, a child's hooded vest (I made this for my nephew) in navy and white and a dressy casual skirt I made for myself with caron simply soft yarn in red rose.

After much searching, I was finally able to find a couple more old photos of baby sets that I completed for my friends. Again, the quality is not the best but just wanted to share a few more with you. It has been such a long time since I made these items that I truly do not remember the exact colors. But, they were made with Bernat baby soft yarn. Featured are blankets, tams, a cardigan sweater, a stuffed teddy bear and a toy ball with a bell inside with the child's initials on the outside.

In a bowl combine milk and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the guava bits and pulp and mix. Next stir in your vanilla and whipping cream. Place in ice cream maker (according to manufacturers instructions) and when done....ENJOY!!

I am currently on a diet and these bars were near impossible to resist. I did lick the knife after cutting the bars and decided to take a piece, wrap in foil and place in freezer for later. I admit, these are worth the wait but it would not be good for my waist! :-) Hope you like them. This recipe is also a very good Unleavened Bread Recipe.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a bowl, whisk cream cheese until smooth. Whisk in sugar, eggs and vanilla and set aside.

For the shortbread, cut butter into 1/2 in. pieces. Mix with flour, salt and sugar and crumble with hands until mixture forms small lumps. You can also place in food processor and pulse until crumbly. Sprinkle mixture into a 13 by 9 in. pan and press firmly and evenly onto bottom. Bake shortbread in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

In the meantime, place strawberries and sugar in medium saucepan on medium heat and let cook until it releases a fair amount of liquid (about 5 minutes). Mix water and cornstarch in small cup and pour into strawberry mixture and boil stirring constantly until thickened (about 1 minute). Add vanilla and set aside.

When shortbread is done, evenly spread strawberries over hot shortbread. It should look like this:

shortbread crust with preserves: top view

shortbread crust and preserves: side view

Now pour cream cheese mixture over it....

preserves topped with cream cheese

and bake in middle of oven until slightly puffed, about 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan and cut into bars. Cover and chill. Enjoy!

My step daughter-in-law (Roxy) told me that I needed to do something for myself as I am always crocheting for others. So, I took her advice and finally made a cowl for myself. I was going through the etsy website and found so many beautiful scarves and cowls. There was one in particular that caught my eye and I wanted to try and make it. I made up my own pattern (as it did not have a pattern for me to follow) and I think that it came out beautifully. It was not as beautiful as the one I saw but I am very happy with my results. I went back to the site to see if I can post a picture of it along with what I designed but it was no longer there. Someone bought the cowl and I can't blame them - it was gorgeous!! Anyway, mine was made with Sayelle knitted worsted yarn in dusty rose. My daughter was the model for this and she did a great job!! There's so many ways in which you can wear this cowl. Leave a comment and tell me what you think of it.

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The best way to describe me is a person who loves to make others happy. Whether I bake something sweet to eat to satisfy the soul, or crochet something to wear to warm the body, I aim to please those around me! This gives me joy and a sense of fulfillment that I have done my part in making others happy!